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Those members of the Boston College football team who aspire to a broadcasting career heard from one of the best in the business Sunday night as Mike Mayock ’80, an award-winning television announcer for the NBC and NFL networks, spoke to players as part of BC’s on-going Football Alumni Resource Group program.
Mayock, who was a co-captain of the BC football team as an undergraduate, was recently named “Media Person of the Year” by Sports Illustrated for his knowledgeable and insightful broadcast analysis of college and professional football. Mayock was joined Sunday by more than 25 other BC football alumni representing a wide variety of professions – from financial services to law enforcement — who took part in the career mentoring program for football student-athletes held in the Barber Family Auditorium of Yawkey Center.
BC’s FARG sessions are held for football players once each semester. Past speakers have included Marcus Cherry ’89, a child psychologist at Boston’s Children’s Hospital; Russ Joyner ’83, a real estate developer in Las Vegas; and Victor Crawford ’83, senior vice president for operations at PepsiCo.
The football graduates offer advice on academic options and course selections, professional internships, career choices, resume building, interview skills and networking to the student-athletes.